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Schoorl
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Schoorl is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own.

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Place details

Locality
Schoorl
Region
Noord-Holland
Country
Nederland
Population
4,745
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Schoorl
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.native_name_lang
nl
Settlement.image_skyline
Schoorlse Duinen (09).jpg
Settlement.image_flag
Schoorl vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Schoorl wapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
top
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North Holland
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bergen
Settlement.elevation_m
2.2
Settlement.area_total_km2
8.56

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Duindorp Schoorl

Ontspannen of inspannen? In Duindorp Schoorl ervaar je echte vrijheid. Ontdek de ruige, ongerepte duinvallei en maak kennis met de verschillende soorten duinen in het Schoorlse Duingebied.

duindorpschoorl.nl

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Encyclopedic overview

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Schoorl is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 8 km northwest of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own.

Schoorl is a village in between the polder area of North Holland and the Schoorlse dunes. The village is about 8 km (5mls) long and never wider than 2 km (1mls). The village is heavily protected by the highest and widest dunes of the Netherlands, which reach about 54 m (164 ft) above sealevel right behind the center of Schoorl, and are more than 5 km (3mls) wide.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schoorl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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